[OLD] PSU Tier List 3.0 (Legacy)

[speed258]

31 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Still listed in Tier S

Does that mean Seasonic Prime 750 Titanium is worse than same model 650?

[Quadriplegic]

21 minutes ago, speed258 said:

Does that mean Seasonic Prime 750 Titanium is worse than same model 650?

Well, it is still great unit, just that it has a single 12V rail, which isn't recommended for high wattage PSUs.

[speed258]

1 minute ago, Quadriplegic said:

Well, it is still great unit, just that it has a single 12V rail, which isn't recommended for high wattage PSUs.

so.. for gtx 1080ti and i7-8700k if I want in future to oc 1080ti ~+500mhz and i7-8700k to 5.0ghz it would be fully enough to have 650, right?

[Settlerteo]

5 minutes ago, speed258 said:

so.. for gtx 1080ti and i7-8700k if I want in future to oc 1080ti ~+500mhz and i7-8700k to 5.0ghz it would be fully enough to have 650, right?

Yup!!

[speed258]

Just now, Settlerteo said:

Yup!!

I'm kind surprised for such low wattage since my last cpu was amd phenom ii x4 965 which burned 2x 550 psu(without oc) and with 630w managed to be ok, and now i took intel and current build is 10x times more powerful and uses almost same psu wattage as my old one.

[Settlerteo]

3 minutes ago, speed258 said:

I'm kind surprised for such low wattage since my last cpu was amd phenom ii x4 965 which burned 2x 550 psu(without oc) and with 630w managed to be ok, and now i took intel and current build is 10x times more powerful and uses almost same psu wattage as my old one.

hahaha i feel you man. I currently have a phenom ii x4 965 with a 650 watt psu from 2009. It's a hungry beast.

[speed258]

1 minute ago, Settlerteo said:

hahaha i feel you man. I currently have a phenom ii x4 965 with a 650 watt psu from 2009. It's a hungry beast.

mine was Amd Phenom II x965 Black Edition is same as yours?

[Settlerteo]

3 minutes ago, speed258 said:

mine was Amd Phenom II x965 Black Edition is same as yours?

Yeah exactly the same. Along with 2x HD 6950. Now a gtx 1070.

[speed258]

Just now, Settlerteo said:

Yeah exactly the same. Along with 2x HD 6950. Now a gtx 1070.

what motherboard you using? mine is asus m4a77t first gpu was gt 430 now is gtx 960

[Beerus]

EVGA P2 G2, Leadex gold and p at 650w and below should be at least A+. They are definitely better than pure power in about every way lol. In the first(the og one) they were in the same tier with seasonic primes...

[seon123]

27 minutes ago, Beerus said:

EVGA P2 G2, Leadex gold and p at 650w and below should be at least A+. They are definitely better than pure power in about every way lol. In the first(the og one) they were in the same tier with seasonic primes...

They lack OTP and multi rail OCP. 

[Vejnemojnen]

For easy cable management and very limited cable space (zalman z3 plus case..) what would be a suitable PSU? My favourite& preferred would be BitFenix Whisper M (flat cables, reasonable price, good availability). Any better options? 400-450w, and roughly 70-80euros (whisper M is approx 75)

 

I guess I won't find better solution.

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, Vejnemojnen said:

For easy cable management and very limited cable space (zalman z3 plus case..) what would be a suitable PSU? My favourite& preferred would be BitFenix Whisper M (flat cables, reasonable price, good availability). Any better options? 400-450w, and roughly 70-80euros (whisper M is approx 75)

 

I guess I won't find better solution.

Nope, there isn't much better.

Especially with a "Standard Layout"...

[Beerus]

7 hours ago, seon123 said:

They lack OTP and multi rail OCP. 

They seem to be having a sort of thermal protection however.  And the features and overall build quality they have is definently not "mid range" . (for example soldering quality is on par or better with most S tier ones)  They  definently should be bumped to A+.  Everything else in this list seems pretty solid though!

[seon123]

18 minutes ago, Beerus said:

They seem to be having a sort of thermal protection however.  And the features and overall build quality they have is definently not "mid range" . (for example soldering quality is on par or better with most S tier ones)  They  definently should be bumped to A+.  Everything else in this list seems pretty solid though!

In tiers S and A+, we expect the PSUs to have all the protections available. The soldering quality will vary, as they are made by Super Flower, so they can outsource. 

I have brought up changing the tier descriptions/names, so that could be changed. 

[euviridis]

how much of a difference is a tier A+ with a tier S?

 

I'm comparing RMX series and Prime Ultra, can't really decide. 12 years warranty seems nice but I heard seasonic has a louder fan,

 

I'm buying 550Watt version

[JoshB2084]

Cooler Master MasterWatt 550W 80+  Bronze Semi-modular, which tier is that, and what year that released?

[GamingDevilsCC]

I'm looking at the list for a 750W PSU to power a build with the main power usage coming from a nitro+ vega 64, however in Canada I'm unable to find any of the 750W Tier A+ or Tier S psu's directly sold from Amazon, Newegg, or Canada Computers except for the BitFenix Formula 80 Plus Gold 750W, and BitFenix Whisper M 750W.

 

Should I purchase one of these, and If so, which one? Otherwise what are my next best options for buying a reliable 750W psu, hopefully within $150CAD? I can go a bit above if needed.

[hello_there_123]

On 6/11/2019 at 6:02 PM, euviridis said:

how much of a difference is a tier A+ with a tier S?

 

I'm comparing RMX series and Prime Ultra, can't really decide. 12 years warranty seems nice but I heard seasonic has a louder fan,

 

I'm buying 550Watt version

Yeah, I also heard that the prime has the same protection problems as the vega so unsure why it is tier s...

 

32 minutes ago, GamingDevilsCC said:

I'm looking at the list for a 750W PSU to power a build with the main power usage coming from a nitro+ vega 64, however in Canada I'm unable to find any of the 750W Tier A+ or Tier S psu's directly sold from Amazon, Newegg, or Canada Computers except for the BitFenix Formula 80 Plus Gold 750W, and BitFenix Whisper M 750W.

 

Should I purchase one of these, and If so, which one? Otherwise what are my next best options for buying a reliable 750W psu, hopefully within $150CAD? I can go a bit above if needed.

If you're using a vega 64 you only need 550W unless if you're using like a 9900K 5.0ghz in which case it might trip OCP  alot on a 550W and you can get a 650W.

[cheesepizza]

is silverstone ET650-HG a good power supply?

[OrionFOTL]

3 hours ago, cheesepizza said:

is silverstone ET650-HG a good power supply?

That depends on its price and components it's going to power. Overall, there exist better power supplies than it.

[imajerec]

any differences between corsair rmx v1 and v2? beside size and the eps connector

[AndyBoy]

On 3/18/2019 at 3:20 AM, LienusLateTips said:

Welcome to the brand new PSU Tier List! Worked on, by @seon123, @Stefan Payne, @LukeSavenije, and myself. This is a complete overhaul.

 

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Don't see energon there or in the legacy list uhhh put it in D

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[Vejnemojnen]

A buddy living in Germany wants to get a new PSU, and, of course he intends to buy SeaSonic S12II 520w. I'd rather much have him to get CX550 by corsair, for roughly the same price (60 vs 62 euros).

 

Any better recommendation for 500-550w unit? AFAIK, a RTX2060 card would be used with ryzen 2600x. Though I'm not entirely certain.

Neither he told me, where he intends to buy the unit, but I guess he's a loyal costumer.  I'd grab the pure power 11 500w for 60euros, if I were him.better picks?

 

[Spotty]

24 minutes ago, Vejnemojnen said:

A buddy living in Germany wants to get a new PSU, and, of course he intends to buy SeaSonic S12II 520w. I'd rather much have him to get CX550 by corsair, for roughly the same price (60 vs 62 euros).

 

Any better recommendation for 500-550w unit? AFAIK, a RTX2060 card would be used with ryzen 2600x. Though I'm not entirely certain.

Neither he told me, where he intends to buy the unit, but I guess he's a loyal costumer.  I'd grab the pure power 11 500w for 60euros, if I were him.better picks?

 

Pure Power 11 or CX550 would be better picks. Wattage wise 450w would also be fine for a RTX2060 + Ryzen 2600x, if that helps you find other PSUs within the budget.